One of the biggest benefits to using these devices has been injury prevention. The data they collect show things that coaches and trainers can't see with the naked eye.

"Soft-tissue injuries, they manifest themselves weeks after there's been an excess load placed on the body," Galloway said. "We feel like that's helped us reduce our soft-tissue injuries and even our orthopedic injuries because we've been alerted."

DeSoto High Head Trainer Scott Galloway
(Photo: WFAA)

Head Coach Todd Peterman has changed his practice schedule based on what he's learned from the data.

"From a Monday standpoint, Tuesday standpoint, we're working the same," Peterman said. "It's just that recovery day on Wednesday is where we're seeing the benefits."

At the highest level of Texas high school football, any edge helps, and DeSoto thinks it has a big one.